Norwich, the city famous for Delia Smith and Colman’s mustard has been dubbed the UK’s answer to Rome after being named Britain’s ‘Scooter Capital’ by Bennetts, the nation’s favourite bike insurer. With almost one in 20 Norwich residents owning or riding a scooter, it’s still some way behind the Italian capital where one in six take to a moped, although it seems Norfolk’s scooter commuters are hot on the Italian’s designer heels and are predicted to overtake them by the year 2020.
Police have released the name of a motorcycle passenger who was killed in a crash involving a car. Michael Grosse, 17, of Mulbarton near Norwich, was riding pillion on a Yamaha which collided with a Skoda at Horsham St Faith on Monday morning.